[ -- peggy had been about to speak. something, maybe, about the situation at hand. but it's the girl who catches her attention now. coddled. oh, she hears it. and it sends a shiver down her spine. for a moment, she's caught exchanging hard glances with 'natalia'. she's too smart; steve's candid conversation threatens to undo the careful status-quo they've established. the last thing she needs is the child starting to doubt her all the more because of stories of her older self.
quickly: ] You're right. As reads go, he's among the easiest. Usually.
[ a virtue, in steve's case. peggy almost admires it. but he isn't all easily-read. there are corners to him that even she can't quite access.
she draws her palm across her face and -- almost in reaction to the latent stress of the moment -- puts the kettle on like it's second nature.
in english, but to the girl: ] My dear, he knows you speak English. I told him you did. I'll go another 'round of twenty questions with you later if you'd be so obliging as to put him out of his misery and switch over. I don't much fancy playing translator all afternoon.
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quickly: ] You're right. As reads go, he's among the easiest. Usually.
[ a virtue, in steve's case. peggy almost admires it. but he isn't all easily-read. there are corners to him that even she can't quite access.
she draws her palm across her face and -- almost in reaction to the latent stress of the moment -- puts the kettle on like it's second nature.
in english, but to the girl: ] My dear, he knows you speak English. I told him you did. I'll go another 'round of twenty questions with you later if you'd be so obliging as to put him out of his misery and switch over. I don't much fancy playing translator all afternoon.